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15th October 2008

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A city’s innovative downtown master plan sees future in local, inclusive placemaking

Over the past two decades, as superstar cities like New York and San Francisco have concentrated much of the nation’s wealth, jobs and attention, small and mid-size cities have quietly flipped the script on strategic economic investment, placing renewed focus on local talent and inclusive placemaking. The resource they are focused on: their downtowns. In […]
2020 Crown Communities winner: Gainesville, Fla. closes Dignity Village and houses its homeless population

Gainesville, Fla., won its 2020 Crown Communities Award for leveraging local partnerships to thoroughly address a major homelessness issue, all while under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue had no easy solution. Dignity Village, a local, 25-acre homeless encampment, had started out as an effort to help people who had been displaced by […]
2020 Crown Communities Winner: South Bay Cities Council of Governments' South Bay Fiber Network

American City & County traditionally awards its Crown Communities Awards to the exemplary projects of municipalities, counties, and subdivisions of local government like precincts or water districts. However, we felt that California joint powers authority South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG)’s impressive South Bay Fiber Network (SBFN) — which is benefiting its 16 member […]
Senate American Rescue Plan includes more than $60 million in direct aid for counties

The U.S. Senate’s version of the 2021 American Rescue Plan maintains the $350 billion in state and local aid that was in the House bill, including $60.1 billion in direct aid to counties. The U.S. Senate begin debating its version March 4. The House of Representatives passed its version of the $1.9 trillion bill Feb. […]

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2020 Crown Communities winner: El Paso County, Texas’ pretrial justice modernization dlvr.it/Rv4GKL

A city’s innovative downtown master plan sees future in local, inclusive placemaking dlvr.it/Rv3SfM

2020 Crown Communities winner: Gainesville, Fla. closes Dignity Village and houses its homeless population dlvr.it/Rv1GS2

2020 Crown Communities Winner: South Bay Cities Council of Governments’ South Bay Fiber Network dlvr.it/Rv10b7

Senate American Rescue Plan includes more than $60 million in direct aid for counties dlvr.it/RtzvBK

ASCE releases 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure dlvr.it/Rtvck5

Updating the assessor report: A new approach dlvr.it/RttvDv

2020 Crown Communities winner: Phases 2 and 3 of Minot, N.D.’s Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Plan dlvr.it/RtrWMC

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Discover How Public Sector Officials are Monitoring and Managing Overtime in This New White Paper

How to Assemble a Successful Government Grant Proposal

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PODCAST

Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina

Young Leaders Episode 3 – Shannon Hardin – City Council President, Columbus, Ohio

Young Leaders Episode 2 – Christian Williams – Development Services Planner, Goodyear, Ariz.

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2020 Crown Communities winner: El Paso County, Texas’ pretrial justice modernization dlvr.it/Rv4GKL

A city’s innovative downtown master plan sees future in local, inclusive placemaking dlvr.it/Rv3SfM

2020 Crown Communities winner: Gainesville, Fla. closes Dignity Village and houses its homeless population dlvr.it/Rv1GS2

2020 Crown Communities Winner: South Bay Cities Council of Governments’ South Bay Fiber Network dlvr.it/Rv10b7

Senate American Rescue Plan includes more than $60 million in direct aid for counties dlvr.it/RtzvBK

ASCE releases 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure dlvr.it/Rtvck5

Updating the assessor report: A new approach dlvr.it/RttvDv

2020 Crown Communities winner: Phases 2 and 3 of Minot, N.D.’s Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Plan dlvr.it/RtrWMC